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by ergngmat » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:50 pm
The airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more substantially, and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer, a time during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers.

(A) during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of
(B) during which travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use some lower fares for the attraction of
(C) in which travel usually decreases and in which the industry therefore uses some lower fares attracting
(D) when travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares to attract
(E) when travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use lower fares for the attraction of

IMO C.

What's wrong with C. I guess it is the participle but the word therefore gives a good emphasis.

thanks for any reply mates.

I have the OA dont want to give you a spoiler.
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by aman88 » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:35 am
IMO D

Reasons:
1) It uses 'WHEN' when referring to a particular time (end of summer).
2) Parallelism maintained in a concise manner (decreases...and uses...). No extra words required.
3) 'To attract' is better than 'attracting' especially when VERBing is not required.
4) 'Therefore' in other choices seems too awkward.
5) '...lower fares attracting passengers' in choice C seems like a consequence of some action. But the original sentence is a general statement about airline industry and it not depicting any consequence of any action.

Therefore D. Let us know the OA soon.
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by Perfectus » Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:34 am
besides the difference between "for the attraction of" & "to attract",
What's the difference of "during which" and "when" in here? Are they interchangeable?

"during which" refers to a time span, am I correct?
"when" refers to a time?
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by pscher31 » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:39 am
Perfectus wrote:besides the difference between "for the attraction of" & "to attract",
What's the difference of "during which" and "when" in here? Are they interchangeable?

"during which" refers to a time span, am I correct?
"when" refers to a time?

You are correct.


IMO D

Fo Sho.
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by Jcaesaria » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:51 pm
I also say D. To me it's the least awkward of the bunch.
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